Constricción pericárdica. Una presentación atípica

Abstract

We report the case of a 44-year-old man with no cardiovascular risk factors who suffers from acute cardiac failure and severe pericardial effusion, attributed to tuberculosis without confirmation microbiological diagnosis. After drainage of the effusion and tuberculostatic treatment the patient remains asymptomatic. However, several months later he suffers again from cardiac failure and pericardial effusion. Cardiac imaging techniques were essential in the etiological diagnosis.